On an 0-2 inside fastball, Ted Lilly hit Atlanta shortstop Edgar Renteria and caused both benches and bullpens to empty. It was an ejection, much to Lilly's surprise. "It was just kind of weird," said Lilly, who had struck out the first two batters he had faced. "The fact that he told me that he was ready for this to happen and anticipated this, if that were the case, I don't understand why he wouldn't warn me before the game. "Normally, if that's what he's expecting, I don't know why he delayed and then made his decision as late as he did. It was kind of strange. It just gets a little bit ridiculous. Guys have to pitch inside. I have to. You go over and look at tape, I pitch inside." While both benches are usually warned prior to ejections, there was no such warning issued after Renteria's at-bat nor was there one before the game. Thus Lilly and Cubs manager Lou Piniella were caught completely off-guard by the ejection. "There was no warning before the game," said Piniella. "The umpire decided after the warning were given that it was intentional. I argued my case to no avail and that's the end of it. "He said that he was waiting for something like that," Piniella continued. "I said, 'Well, why didn't you give warnings prior to the game if you were waiting for something like that?'"